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ELECTRICIAN’S GUIDE TO CONTROL AND MONITORING SYSTEMS

Electrical and electronic system control and monitoring is highly critical to many industries, such as the pharmaceutical, petrochemical, engineering, and automotive industries. Electricians in this field are required to constantly update their skill set to keep up with the expanding scope of work and changing technologies. To help these professionals meet the increasing demands, industry veteran Albert F. Cutter, Sr., has written Electrician’s Guide to Control and Monitoring Systems: Installation, Troubleshooting, and Maintenance (McGraw-Hill; May 2010; Original paperback: $34.95).

This practical guide walks its readers through the ladder diagrams and control devices of networked monitoring systems; and focuses on installation, troubleshooting, and maintenance. Ladder diagrams are broken down and rebuilt, making it easy to understand the symbols and language used in them. Hundreds of product photos and line drawings illustrate key details, and additional drawings are available online. Essential for electrical contractors, electricians, and maintenance workers, this on-the-job resource also contains information on networks used in the field.

“Albert Cutter has done an outstanding service for our industry by developing a hands-on reference and training tool in his new work, Electrician’s Guide to Control and Monitoring Systems,” writes Michael I. Callanan, executive director, National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (NJATC), in the foreword.

Electrician's Guide to Control and Monitoring Systems contains:
• Coverage of the 2008 National Electrical Code
• Detailed drawings and pictures convey details in a simple and understandable manner

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• Step-by-step explanations of the drawings
• Presents information on networks used in the field and the requirements for proper installation
• Focus on installation and maintenance, not design


ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Albert F. Cutter, Sr., is owner and CEO of Intuitive Technologies, Inc. and GMP of AppsDev LLC. A Union Electrician member of Local 456 IBEW for more than forty years, he has extensive experience working on control systems and automation. He has taught in the apprenticeship program of the IBEW and has also taught college level courses on production control.




ELECTRICIAN’S GUIDE TO CONTROL AND MONITORING SYSTEMS: Installation, Troubleshooting, and Maintenance by Albert F. Cutter, Sr.
McGraw-Hill; May 2010; Original paperback: $34.95; 208 pages; ISBN-10: 0-07-170061-7; ISBN-13: 978-0-07-170061-0
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I am back sorry I was gone for a long time

Hi Everyone.
I know that it has been a long time since I have been here. Sorry. I have been very busy writing the new books. I am doing a lot of research on the new books so that they will be relevant works. The second book “The Electrician’s Green Handbook” is being written for electrical students that want to learn about alternative energy. It is full of my original drawings and spends a lot of time on the NEC 2008 code. The third book “Electrician’s Guide to Alternative Energy” is another book in my series for electricians by and electrician. It too is in the works and full of my drawings and NEC 2008 code.
The most exciting news is that the first book “Electrician’s Guide to Control and Monitoring Systems” is now shipping and doing wonderful. It is #1 on Amazon’s Hot New Releases. To all of you that have purchased the book I give you a big thank you. I humbly ask you to please go to Amazon and review the book. This will help other electricians in the selection of the book for their library. If any of you would like to send me a comment on my books I have set up a special email address for that. Please feel free to contact me at books@itddms.com. Also I am now on Facebook so if you are there friend me I can use all the friends that I can get.
If this is not enough I am currently writing programs for Smartphone. Yes I have started a new company called AppsDev L.L.C. Checkout our new website at www.appsdev1.com. We will be launching our fist application for the Android phones in mid to late May.
To all you brother and sister electricians please look for the May issue of the Electrical Worker. The IBEW was kind enough to do a little piece on me in the May Issue. The article is available online at www.ibew.org Look for the Electrical Worker.
I would like send a special thank you to my brother and friend Joseph V. Egan - Business Manager local 456 IBEW for all his help and encouragement with my writing and to Michael I. Callanan Executive Director of the NJATC for writing the foreword for my book. Without their help I would never have made #1 at Amazon.